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Pripyat - Then and Now - The Abandoned City Before and After the Chernobyl Disaster

Pripyat – Then and Now – The Abandoned City Before and After the Chernobyl Disaster

A then-and-now look at Pripyat, the city that housed workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and was evacuated after the disaster, through historic pictures and how those scenes look now, after 30+ years of abandonment

TV Transmission Centre - Belgium

TV Transmission Centre, Belgium

A TV and radio transmitting control centre with a central control room and emergency broadcast facilities

New Palace Theatre / Dance Academy, Plymouth

New Palace Theatre / Dance Academy, Plymouth

Opening in the late 1890s the Palace Theatre in Plymouth was lavishly decorated. It was last used as the popular Dance Academy nightclub before being closed in 2006.

Chatterley Whitfield Underground Mining Experience, Staffordshire

Chatterley Whitfield Underground Mining Experience, Staffordshire

The “Chatterley Whitfield Experience” was a part of the former coal mining museum, set underground in shallow workings and drifts.

Power Plant at a Paper Mill, France

Power Plant at a Paper Mill, France

The power plant of a paper mill that closed in 2014 but had been maintained in the hope it would re-open. The mill is now back in use.

Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire

Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire

Established as a tuberculosis settlement in 1918, the Royal Papworth Hospital grew to be a world-leading heart and lung hospital, and moved to new premises in 2019

Zeche HR, Germany

Zeche HR, Germany

Zeche HR was a mine in Germany with an amazing bathhouse full of baskets, and features a huge hammerhead winding tower. There’s also an elephant!

Convent of Mercy, Buttevant, Ireland

Convent of Mercy, Buttevant, Ireland

The Buttevant Convent of Mercy in Ireland’s County Cork was constructed in 1879 and was home to the Sisters of Mercy until their departure in 2012.

Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Italy

Tuberculosis Sanatorium / Hospital, Italy

A tuberculosis sanatorium in Italy that later became a general hospital with a huge chapel and traditional Italian architecture.

Glenmaroon and Knockmaroon House, Dublin, Ireland

Glenmaroon and Knockmaroon House, Dublin, Ireland

The former residence of Arthur Guinness, featuring grand wood panelling and staircases, stained glass windows and even a swimming pool.